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Edda 3

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Summary

Edda 3 had a minute holding in north Devon TRE assessed at only 1 ferding and with a probable value of 5s; she had the power of alienation over her land.

Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

Holder 1066

Shire	Phil. ref.	Vill	DB Spelling	Holder 1066	Lord 1066	Tenant-in-Chief 1086	1086 Subtenant	Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value	Conf.	Show on Map
Shire Devon	Phil. ref. 42,12	Vill North Aller	DB Spelling Edda	Holder 1066 Edda 'of Aller'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Odo fitzGamelin	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.06	1066 Value 0.25	1086 Value 0.25	Confidence C	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Edda 3’s solitary ferding was a mile or two to the north-west of South Molton, in north Devon. According to TO (499b8), after the Conquest her holding was added to a similarly small holding at [North] Aller held by another woman (Godgifu) TRE, and both had passed to Odo fitzGamelin (Odo 12) by 1086.

Although Edda’s estate was tiny, its apparent valuation of 5s (if the total for the lands of Edda and Godgifu is divided in proportion to their assessments) and its possession of ‘land for 1 plough’ may indicate a slightly larger holding than its assessment would suggest. DB and Exon (377b2) record that Edda ‘could go to whichever lord she wished’ and show that she had the power of alienation over her land (rather than being a dependent tenant), while the TO states that she held her land in parage, which implies that this was inherited family land.

Edda 3’s name could represent a shortened form of another feminine name such as Eadgifu, Eadgyth or Eadhild, but there is no evidence to associate her with any women of such a name who held land in the West Country TRE.